Troy Glaus
Troy Glaus Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
Glaus is one of those guys who has spent his entire career living down a big season early on, one he really hasn’t proven to be capable of matching. In his second full season in the big leagues, 2000 with the Angels, Glaus led the AL with 47 homers and hit .284/.404/.604. The .284 was really more of the mirage than the homers; he hit 41 the next season and has seasons of 38 and 37, but he’s a .255 career hitter. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t been a valuable player. Glaus walks a lot, so his career OBP is .359, and there are those homers, 304 for his career.
Anyway, the Angels, who thought that his big year was for real, wound up considering him a mild disappointment, and then he missed about half of the 2003 and 2004 seasons with injuries. He signed with the Diamondbacks as a free agent, and had a good year in the bandbox before getting traded to Toronto for Miguel Batista and Orlando Hudson. He had another good year there in 2006, but started to have injury issues and missed part of 2007 before getting traded to the Cardinals in a weird challenge trade for Scott Rolen. At this point, he’s having shoulder issues, and might have played first base, but Albert Pujols. He had a strong 2008, but missed most of 2009 with shoulder surgery.
The Braves want him to play first base, something he’s only done six times in the major leagues. Ken Caminiti aside, picking up first base should not be that hard for a player considered a good glove man at third, as Glaus was. I’m not really concerned for his defense, I’m concerned for his health.
Sources: Vladimir Guerrero agrees to one-year deal with Texas Rangers – ESPN Dallas.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:54 amIs Glaus our cleanup hitter?
January 10th, 2010 at 9:59 amIf Glaus gets hurt, we’re looking at Eric Hinske as our 1B.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:59 am2 — yes
January 10th, 2010 at 9:59 amGlaus, unlike Caminiti, isn’t on crack.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:02 amI am okay with Glaus. Let’s hope his health stays okay. It’s a low risk gamble in terms of money committed to him but as Braves14 says… that would be ugly. Given the other opportunities out there, without spending too much money, I think Wren did well. I have faily high hopes, i.e. 25-30 HR, for Glaus.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:16 amTroy Glaus
Similar Batters through 32 (per B/R)
1. Matt Williams (923)
January 10th, 2010 at 10:19 am2. Dean Palmer (919)
3. Darryl Strawberry (910)
4. Pat Burrell (901)
5. Mike Schmidt (887) *
6. Roger Maris (881)
7. Robin Ventura (869)
8. Jack Clark (869)
9. Rudy York (866)
10. Richie Sexson (864)
Pretty impressive list. Is their methodology sound in your opinion?
January 10th, 2010 at 11:17 amGlaus is way better than Camanitti.
I figured that a move on a medium to high risk FA was the way we were going to have to go and I am pleasantly surprised that its Glaus. We shouldn’t expect 40 HR but 20 to 25 would be terrific.
Hank I would think so. Chipper Glaus McCann.
left right left Escobar bats 6th?
I know someone has done this already but:
McLouth
Prado
Chipper
Glaus
McCann
Escobar
Heyward
Diaz ?????? Just MHO.
Got to admit that even though it looks like effing Siberia out there now that Spring Hope disease has started. A friend of mine and I have already looked to see when the Braves will be at Cincy.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:57 am9—Diaz ought to be at the top of the lineup, and Prado ought to be batting 8th, but you’re probably right.
1—That there exists an ESPN Dallas is incredibly depressing, to me.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:21 pmIf Chipper’s power outage continues this season, Bobby should consider batting Chipper second and Escobar third in the lineup.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:25 pmwhat caused his injuries in 2003, 2004, and 2007? was this all due to the same shoulder injury
January 10th, 2010 at 12:28 pmIf Chipper’s power outage continues this season, Bobby should consider sacrificing virgins to the tiki gods to appease their wrath.
Because, you know, maybe that would help.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:29 pmAlas, I fear there is a lack of virgins as well.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:32 pmThen we would just need a live chicken.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:35 pm16,
I laughed out loud at that.
I’m on board with the Glaus break down (un intended pun). If he’s healthy, he should be the best 1B the team has had in awhile (edit: apart from Tex, of course). It’s far from a given, though.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:43 pmAnyone here own a 2004 BMW 3 Series or later? Personal opinions if so?
January 10th, 2010 at 12:43 pmAlex, Mike, Remy, funny stuff.
Peter, although I am not superstitious please avoid Glaus, break and down in the same sentence.
sdp buy a Honda.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:50 pmbraves14 @3,
I HOPE with Bobby’s propensity for platoons that he would use Hinske at first against righthanders and move Prado over (and bring in Infante for 2nd) against lefthanders.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:29 pmBrady is not having a good day so far.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:46 pm8 — Yeah, but my concern is that all of those guys pretty much broke down after age 32.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:55 pm2009-2010 Final Bowl Standings:
1. Mountain West 4-1
2. SEC 6-4**NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
3. Big Ten 4-3
4. Big 12 4-4
5. Big East 3-3
6. WAC 2-2
7. ACC 3-4
8. Conference USA 2-4
9. PAC-10 2-5
10. MAC 1-4
Also, BCS Game Results by Conference:
T-1. SEC 2-0**NATIONAL CHAMPION
T-1. Big Ten 2-0
3. WAC 1-0
T-4. ACC 0-1
T-4. Big 12 0-1
T-4. Big East 0-1
T-4. PAC-10 0-1
T-4. Mountain West 0-1
A) Even in a down year, the SEC is one of only three conferences with a winning bowl season ( > .500 record) and again produces the National Champion with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
B) The Mountain West should be drawing near to Automatic Qualifier status. I’d like to see them add Boise State and Fresno State and another (Nevada?), institute a conference championship game, and then award the conference an automatic BCS berth.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:18 pmESPN’s Baseball Tonight show returns tomorrow afternoon. Yippee!
January 10th, 2010 at 2:29 pm#23 – perfect more nonstop talk of the Yanks and Red Sox.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:37 pm@24
Yeah, but at least that non-stop Boston/Yank talk will be coming from the talented John Kruk and Karl Ravech. So it’s not all bad..
January 10th, 2010 at 3:01 pmLove Kruk and Ravech, but MLB Channel is really improving.
January 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pmAdam Laroche is still out there. Why not sign him to a one year deal and platoon him and Glaus at 1B?
January 10th, 2010 at 6:29 pmThat would be one expensive platoon.
January 10th, 2010 at 6:44 pmThe Vols leading #1 Kansas with a minute to go. Outstanding coaching job by Pearl under the circumstances.
January 10th, 2010 at 6:48 pmIt’s great to be a Tennessee Vol!!!
January 10th, 2010 at 6:55 pmGive Pearl the Coach of the Year trophy now.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:00 pmMight as well. He’s a better coach than anybody else in that league.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:07 pmCalipari and Donovan have done all right for themselves.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:08 pmThat’s true. No wonder no one ever talks about Alabama hoops.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:15 pmGrant will get us there. Eventually.
All-time Alabama-NBA team:
PG Mo Williams
SG Latrell Sprewell
SF Gerald Wallace
PF Robert Horry
C Antonio McDyess
6M Derrick McKey
G TR Dunn
F Reggie King
You could do worse.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:20 pmAnd Leon Douglas & Ennis Whatley off the bench.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pmCongratulations on Latrell Sprewell. That would make me warm and fuzzy, too.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:29 pmgod help me……..now its love for all things SEC basketball?? the football was bad enough. seriously, how can a fan of one team join in the chest thumping over another teams win just because they’re in the same league?……………being braves fans, do you all root for other NL teams in inter-league games and the world series? i’ve spent enough years watching the other NL teams kick the hell out of the braves to hate every one of them and i NEVER root for them…….. unless they’re playing the yankees.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:29 pm…or the Red Sox.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:42 pmWe get Lowell as well.
Between him, Chipper and Glaus we may get 2 healthy seasons.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:17 pmCrazy NFL playoff game this evening, Packers-Cardinals. You had to know a defensive play would decide the game.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:24 pmGenerally speaking, I root for the team that doesn’t use a DH on a regular basis.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:27 pmWill Glaus ever spell Chipper at 3rd or does he have dead arm?
January 10th, 2010 at 8:47 pmNickC – Did we get Lowell?
I saw Ernesto Mejia was named the ROY and MVP of the VWL. I am quite sure that Freddie Freeman will become the better player, but I am disappointed we let Mejia go. I think he will develop some value.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:51 pmI don’t see anything about Lowell on MLBTR, so I would guess nothing doing there.
That said, Lowell could be a useful bench player provided the Saux are paying 95% of the salary.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:14 pmWhy not, I’m bored –
All Time Auburn BB Team
G John Mengelt
PF Charles Barkley
C Mamadou N’diaye
SF Chuck Person
G Wesley Person
I did have to look up Mengelt, but the rest were of the top off my head. Not bad at all – be hard to have enough basketballs for two Persons AND Barkley though.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pmwhere did this Lowell talk come from?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:12 pmDamon’s list of suitors just got smaller, Huff to Giants
January 10th, 2010 at 11:31 pmI bet that news put LaRoche in a Huff.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:15 amCongrats, Vols! Great, gutty game. (But if the Headband ever tries to go behind his back again to beat a double-team …)
Leon Douglass and Reginald King were actually the same person. Bama just renamed him when he ran out of eligibility.
January 11th, 2010 at 7:49 amDid we get Lowell? I have been unable to access MLBTR all day and the Braves website is silent….
January 11th, 2010 at 7:51 amThe most Similar Batter to 35 to Mike Lowell is….you guessed it Ken Caminiti….
Lowell obviously is a very different person and player than Caminiti. I think that he would be a great addition to the 2010 Braves….
January 11th, 2010 at 8:00 amHa. I knew deleting part of my comment would come back to haunt me.
I missed out the word “should”.
January 11th, 2010 at 8:42 amWell done!! Too bad its not the first of April. That said, I think many of us are expecting to see the Braves acquire another player-when the prices drop on unsigned free agents. I have never been big on Damon, but for the right price, he could be a great pick up….
January 11th, 2010 at 9:08 amI don’t see anything on mlbtr suggesting we got Lowell.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:11 amGreat win, Vols fans. Conference road games in February will be a different story if you’re stll without Williams, Tatum, and Goins, but I can’t complain about getting a SoS boost.
Self’s coaching was brutal.
I like Grant, Mac, and from what I’ve heard from some folks who ought to know, he’s doing things the right way. Looking forward to our game on Wednesday.
And, FWIW, I’d put Stallings up against any other coach in the conference.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:34 amGive me the NFL over any college game. College ball was fun when I was in college but, for me, if it’s not the NFL, it’s not really football. Also, I can enjoy looking at NFL cheerleaders without feeling like a dirty old man (or at least less so).
January 11th, 2010 at 9:54 amspike,
I don’t really follow Auburn sports that much, but when you listed your picks for the all-time team, it made me think of Chris Porter. I’m not suggesting he should replace anyone on that team, but dude was a crazy athlete. Maybe he could come off the bench. He had a couple of the greatest dunks I can remember.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:04 amWell, at least give me that Packers-Cards game over college. The other games this weekend were brutal.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:19 amI was at the Tennessee game yesterday and I have to say that was the best effort I ever saw a sports team put forward.
It was tied at half and all the fans were talking about how proud of the effort they were. Then we played even better in the second half.
This team, as of now, reminds me of Pearl’s first squad. Stu’s right, we might lose a few conference road games, but we won’t be out hustled.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:33 amSmitty, I think you’ll lose a bunch of games in conference play if those 3 guys don’t return. Depth will quickly become an issue against more inspired opponents. And I wouldn’t count on maintaining that hustle advantage, either.
Of course, I expect two of those guys to return, probably soon, and UT will be fine. Probably fine enough to compete with Florida for third in the East.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:39 amIt sounds like the three other suspended Vols will be expected back at some point this year. Don’t know if we’ll ever know the full story, but I have to think that with Tyler Smith being dismissed it may have been wrong-place, wrong-time for the other three players (just speculation on my part).
Yes is was a tremendous win for the Vols and as I mentioned yesterday, it should be a good 3-way race for 2nd in the SEC East between Vandy, UT and Florida and that’s the order I expect them to finish behind UK.
Can’t say enough about Bruce Pearl. It’s kind of funny being a Vols fan right now as Pearl brings all this attention to our program that we never used to get and he does it in such a classy way, and then you have the polar opposite in Kiffin. Don’t get me wrong, for now, Kiffin is our guy and he may wind up getting results, but as a fan I generally shudder when he opens his mouth.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:46 amI think that only tow of the three guys will be back. Tatum and Goins might, but I think Williams won’t be. That gives the Vols depth at wing and point. With that, we should be fine. We will have no problem steam rolling Vandy and Florida.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:51 amVU was at least as good as UT before Smith, et al. went felonious.
I think Williams and whichever of Tatum and Goins wasn’t driving the car will be back on the team.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:54 amand he does it in such a classy way
?????
Maybe by comparison to the football coach, but…
January 11th, 2010 at 11:01 amI don’t think Vandy was as good as Tennessee, however, I think Tennessee might be a better TEAM than they were. If that makes sense?
January 11th, 2010 at 11:07 amIt’s possible that they could be a better team than they were previously if they get some guys back. There’s no chance that’s true while they’re without 4 scholarship players.
Everyone’s sleeping on VU.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:32 amI like Vandy basketball and hope they finish second to UT in the east. I think Vandy, Tennessee, Kentucky and LSU are the four toughest places to play in the SEC.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:35 amAdam M — Apparently it was a great game (despite the outcome). I wouldn’t know since FOX decided to go out. Argh. I only get a handful of channels — I need them to work. heh heh.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:58 amI’m not sleeping on VU. I’m all about Vandy, the only school to ever produce a baseball prospect whose only weakness was a lack of weaknesses.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:06 pmAt UT, I’m reminded of Gottfried’s one really successful Alabama team, that lost its best player (Chuck Davis) to a knee injury and played the SEC schedule with seven guys — and went to the Elite Eight. Of course, unlike Gottfried, Pearl can actually set a playing rotation.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:11 pmSurprisingly, there is a pocket of Vols fans that don’t like Pearl. We refer to them as idiots.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pmMac, just got an email saying Kirby Smart has accepted the DC job at UGA. Must be a nice pay raise, other than that, I dont understand the move
January 11th, 2010 at 12:22 pm72—It’s his alma mater.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:33 pmand now it appears that Bama has offered Smart a pay raise to $900K and he’s rethinking the situation. Just disregard all of my post and we’ll wait for an announcement. Still Id be surprised if he went back to UGA. USF HC job may be a little different
edit – Stu, I know. Just hearing all the reports this offseason that Richt will step down for missionary work or if he has another down year it could be his last. Seems like that would play a big part also and seems like a lateral move unless its a coach in waiting type thing
January 11th, 2010 at 12:33 pmI heard UGA offered $700,000 to Smart.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:35 pmWith all the player losses on defense, and James Willis likely going to TT, Alabama really needs to try to keep Smart. Especially because he’s also the secondary coach, and the secondary is going to be hardest hit.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:45 pm#75
It was more than that.
Either way, he’s in clover.
January 11th, 2010 at 1:00 pm@64
I assume you are referring to Pearl’s body painting episode to question his lack of class?
Other than that (which I love BTW) I can’t think of anything to hold against him class-wise. I’m thrilled that he is our coach and just hope he wants to stay long-term which it appears that he does.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:09 pmWell, there’s the groping of Erin Andrews and the pictures with UT co-eds. There’s also the arrest/dismissal record of the kids he’s recruited to UT during his tenure.
Pearl is a lot of things, many of them good, but “classy” just doesn’t fit.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:18 pmAs much as I hate UT football, I really don’t have much against UT basketball. I haven’t heard anything about Pearl or the basketball program in general that I can’t stand. So far he’s handled the discipline issue with the 4 players pretty well, although he probably has very little choice in the matter – both from public perception and the administration’s standpoint.
As far as Smart to UGA, I hope not. It is pretty obvious that he’s a great coach. Alabama’s secondary may not have been the most talented, but I’ve never seen a group that was more fundamentally sound. A big part of the credit has to go to Smart, although Saban’s experience as a secondary coach definitely came into play. If Smart wants to be a head coach soon, I’m not sure what’s the best route for him. Turning the Ga defense around would be a major plus for him, but I suspect it will take a few years and if it doesn’t happen next year, Richt will probably be gone.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:25 pmAlex R., who hates UT football almost as much as I do, has told me that Bruce Pearl can do no wrong in his eyes.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:45 pm@71
Worst of all was at the end of last year when those people got louder than normal and picked up a few bandwagon hoppers, as well. The lack of appreciation for an SEC Eastern Division championship and NCAA Tournament team was palpable, and I (and I’m pretty sure most sane followers of the basketball program) became very worried that Pearl would say, “The hell with this noise! I don’t need this!” and leave. I can honestly say that if I were him and had been in the same situation, I would have very seriously considered it. Needless to say, I’m very glad he didn’t.
For my sanity’s sake, I just kind of assume that these idiots are the same people who are fans of the football team and were mad at Fulmer every year (even the good ones) and are now on Kiffin’s ass after one year under the ridiculous theory that nothing less than a national championship is acceptable in any year…and that these people took notice of the basketball team a couple years ago when we hit No. 1 (and probably weren’t even aware we had a basketball team up until that point) and started projecting the same expectations onto the basketball team without knowing any of the history whatsoever, and thus threw a tantrum last year when we didn’t win a national championship in basketball. At least I hope so, because the thought of anyone who has followed Tennessee men’s basketball for any length of time not being at least OK with a division title and an NCAA Tournament appearance is just so beyond ridiculous that I fear anybody who falls into that category is beyond the level at which mental health professionals might be able to help them.
Also, amongst a small minority of these people who don’t like Pearl, there’s an ever-so-thinly veiled layer of anti-semitism going on, which is kind of disturbing, to say the least.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:54 pmI am clearly not as up-to-date about the dirt on Pearl as you are, Stu, but I think I like the guy.
I certainly hope we hand him 2-3 losses this year, but, under the circumstances, I could certainly get behind any NCAA run the Vols manage to put together.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:55 pmI guess we won’t be having Maddux with us in Spring Training.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:08 pmwell doesnt matter, at Rolando McClain’s press conf (he’s going pro – no shocker), Saban announces that Smart will stay
January 11th, 2010 at 3:08 pmahhh crap. My dream is shattered. MLBTR has a press release from the Cubs… Maddux is going to be an assistant to the GM. There is no other former player I can think of that I’d rather have in an organization than Maddux… almost no job I can’t imagine him improving on what you’ve already got.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:08 pm@38, barrycuda, we’re throwing you ACC folks a bone by taking the discussion to your turf: college basketball (well, not FSU’s specifically, but you know).
@24, csg, we made the Vazquez trade with the Yankees just so we could get a mention on Baseball Tonight. See, Wren/Liberty has a plan.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:09 pmMark McGwire tells us something we already know.
http://tinyurl.com/ybguoum
January 11th, 2010 at 3:14 pmDix at 69,
But did the propspect drink Dos Equiis?
January 11th, 2010 at 3:15 pmPearl is an interesting guy. At the Holocaust Museun in Washington, they have a collection of statements from people in various walks of life and his is one of them. I also know someone who has met Pearl at some Jewish organization functions who thinks a lot of him. Which, of course, does not mean he cannot have also done some less-than-noble things and his ex-wife apparently doesn’t think much of him.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:16 pmGreat Braves-SEC football synergy: David Pollack (via Twitter) stealing a page from Wren’s book and saying that Smart signed an offer sheet with UGA, then backed out.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:29 pmBad day for UGA & Tech.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:35 pmI’m sure it was calculated… but I think McGwire waiting till after the HOF voting (and results) announcement was a nice touch… makes him at least SEEM like he’s not making a play for HOF votes.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:57 pm@82
Yeah. I figure it is the same people that just pulled for UNC when basketball season rolled around and think that is what Tennessee is.
It takes a long time to build a program to that level (more than four years)
But I also think a lot of them are “Fulmer-ites” who think Fulmer hung the moon and should be coach and want Hamilton gone. Their backlash is against Hamilton’s boy, Pearl. I am also guessing these people are in their late 40′s and can’t get laid.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:11 pmDon’t those people remember Ray Mears?
The Ernie & Bernie Show?
January 11th, 2010 at 4:17 pm@94
Hey now,
Most of those folks pull for Duke, not UNC. As in, I pull for Notre Dame in football season.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:19 pmIn other news, Charlie Weis is obese.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:45 pm#86, yeah I think everyone would love Maddux as a pitching coach and Chipper as a hitting coach.
Maybe we’ll just offer him the manager’s job to tempt him away.
January 11th, 2010 at 5:08 pm97 – Is that in response to the revelation that Bruce Pearl’s ex doesn’t think much of him?
January 11th, 2010 at 5:14 pmKU fans are in an uproar. I think Self let the team go down. They’re been playing shitty for a few weeks now. The team isn’t designed to play outside in. Need to play inside out, and when the NCAA preseason player of the year gets 5 shots, something is wrong.
I hate KU with a passion, but Self is a top 5 coach and his resume really dispels any argument to the contrary. They’ve more talent than any team in basketball and from what I hear, the egos to match. I guess he though that it was better to burn one in non-con than go into conference play with a team that has it’s collective head up its A$$.
Still, inspired win by Tennessee. Beating KU while playing walk-ons is impressive any way you cut it.
Also, one of the more interesting parts of college BBall (for me) is rooting for the teams you played in the non-con during the rest of the season. That being said, I caught the end of Fla/Vandy game on ESPN2 before the Mizzou/KState game on Sat. Good win Stu. Hope they keep it up.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:08 pmWe’ve been cheering you guys on, too, Ethan. Nice job against K-State.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:10 pmTeflon is an amazing substance. Bruce Pearl bathes in it.
He is, to paraphrase Mario Puzo’s description of Sonny Corleone, “one of those guys that women loved to shove between their tits and forgive them everything”.
He reminds me of Tevya from “Fiddler on the Roof”.
I’m told his ex-wife opened up a beauty salon named “Alimony”.
Don’t get me wrong: I like the guy except for twice a year.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:17 pmI’m very interested to see how your freshmen handle a tough SEC road environment tomorrow night, hank.
Go, Gators. ::vomits::
January 11th, 2010 at 6:21 pmI like Bruce Pearl. He seems like a good guy, and he coaches ‘em up pretty good.
Also, FWIW, Vandy is my pick for 2nd place in the SEC East.
January 11th, 2010 at 7:27 pmWhat is Maddux doing as an assistant GM? Seems like “The Professor” should be teaching pitching.
January 11th, 2010 at 8:52 pmApparently, Ryan Church has been signed by the Pirates.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:24 pmGo Gators? Really, Stu? I’m pretty sure if Dante’s running the show down there, you’re condemned to the third ring.
Can you imagine how good the Hawks would be if all of them played hard on the same night? What a frustrating team. And bent on heartbreak for thier fans.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:17 pmKornhiser actually said something useful.
I’ve said for years that the commish should declare an amnesty for steroid users and command to go and sin no more (or we throw your sorry ass out forever). Tony agreed with me.
Now I have to check my premises.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:19 pmhank,
(a) As I’ve mentioned here before, UK is my least favorite fellow SEC program.
(b) Even if that weren’t the case, I’d want the team my team just beat to beat the team everyone considers the best team in the East.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:32 pmWhat can man do against such reckless hate?
January 11th, 2010 at 10:58 pmFor the Hawks, I have been chalking the inconsistency up to youth, but we might be past that excuse this year.
Is it coaching?
January 11th, 2010 at 11:16 pm110 – Makes me want to break out the Lord of the Rings DVDs.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:17 pmhttp://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2010/01/10/wren-on-braves-i-think-were-better-after-moves/
This proves Frank Wren is an idiot.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:18 pmYep. He opened his mouth and removed all doubt.
Sigh.
My son (14) and I spent three consecutive Sunday evenings watching the LOTR trilogy (uninterrupted on dvd). We are better men for it.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:31 pmHankonly, well done.
Now, didja watch the extended editions all the way through?
January 11th, 2010 at 11:47 pmWhat the hell do you expect him to say?
“Frank, do you think you’ve got a better club in place than at the end of last season?”
“Of course not.”
Come on.
January 12th, 2010 at 12:01 amwell, we just might have a better team, top to bottom, than last year AT THIS TIME.
we’ve got some stored cash for an arm (if needed…i’m talking to you Aaron Harang) when the need arises and B. Jones / B. Reyes / insert mediocre A arm here (i’m talking to you Cole Roborough) to trade for him.
January 12th, 2010 at 12:22 amWe are better than we were at the beginning of last year.
January 12th, 2010 at 12:37 amJinx!
Edit – I guess you beat me by 15 minutes.
Although, I don’t see why we need an arm. Isn’t it a bat or two we lack?
January 12th, 2010 at 12:45 am@113 – How does that prove that he is an idiot? I think he is right. We are better off than we were at the start or the end of the year. Don’t like the outfield? Well it’s surely better than the combo of injured McClouth, injured Church, Anderson, and Diaz. Don’t like the bench? Definately better than Greg freakin’ Norton. Bullpen either? One of Soriano or Gonzales won’t make it through the year without injury – count it. Don’t like Glaus? Well, I definately wouldn’t like first half LaRoche for 6 or 7 mil. Ahh yes, the starting pitching. Hudson will replace Vasquez’ production b/c Vasquez wouldn’t have been as good this year. And Derek Lowe will be better.
Give the guy a break. He isn’t in charge of the Yankees. He doesn’t have money to spend. But as it is – we are better off than we were last year. If Glaus goes down, then we are in the same position.
January 12th, 2010 at 12:48 amAt the end of the year, the team had Hudson, Hanson, and Vazquez, though. It’s hard to argue that the team is better than at the end of the season.
However, the team is clearly much, much better than it was at the beginning of last season.
Wren did the best he could do with the money he was given, but dumping a good pitcher signed at a bargain rarely makes the team better.
January 12th, 2010 at 1:01 am@111
Well, everyone’s forgotten this over the intervening year and a half since a frankly awful team somehow made the playoffs at well under .500 and then even more miraculously nearly beat the eventual NBA champions in the first round, but Mike Woodson is still a truly awful coach unless someone sprinkled magic pixie dust on him. I’d say that’s a good place to start.
January 12th, 2010 at 1:01 amJeez, the Hawks have already beaten the Celtics twice this year.
January 12th, 2010 at 1:16 amThe second photo @113 speaks volumes.
January 12th, 2010 at 1:17 amImagine what the Hawks could’ve done tonight if Josh Smith hadn’t played horribly on offense in the first half…
January 12th, 2010 at 1:35 am111,
January 12th, 2010 at 1:39 amEntropy and randomness and the way of the world would be the simplest explanation. I can believe youth or coaching, too, though, given it’d make an awful lot of sense.
Entropy and randomness and the way of the world would be the simplest explanation.
What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, Alex?
January 12th, 2010 at 1:50 amWren has done a good job IMO. It’s not like he has crippled the organization. The braves aren’t too far away from where they ended up last year either. And really, there was never any chance of keeping gonzo, soriano, roach, vazquez, and adding a corner OF with a mid-market payroll. Wren did pretty damn good in-season last year too (frany for church, kotch for roach, mcclouth).
Hillariously, CHONE has projected the Melk Dud as a 3.4 war player in ’10. If only…
January 12th, 2010 at 3:09 amNew post.
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